Shakespeare and Emotions Inheritances, Enactments, Legacies [Hardcover]

This collection of essays approaches the works of Shakespeare from the topical perspective of the History of Emotions. Contributions come from established and emergent scholars from a range of disciplines, including performance history, musicology and literary history.Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors 1. Reclaiming Heartlands: Shakespeare And The History Of Emotions In Literature; R. S. White PART I: EMOTIONAL INHERITANCES 2. 'Of Comfort And Dispaire': Plato's Philosophy Of Love And Shakespeare's Sonnets; Danijela Kambaskovic 3. Locus Amoenus Or Locus Violens? Shakespearean Emotions Expressed Through An Ovidian Model; Br?d Phillips 4. Once Upon A Time: Cymbeline, Fairy Tales, And 'The Terrifying Truths Of The Inner Life'; Ciara Rawnsley 5. ' Another Comfort': Virginity And Emotion In Measure For Measure; Andrew Lynch 6. French Feeling: Language, Sex And Identity In Henry V; Stephanie Downes 7. Power, Vulnerability And Sexuality: Representations Of Margaret Of Anjou In A London Chronicle And Shakespeare's 3 Henry VI; Mary-Rose McLaren PART II: SHAKESPEAREAN ENACTMENTS 8. 'My Heart Dances': Performing Emotion Through Shakespeare's Rhythms; Peter Groves 9. 'The Teares Of Ten Thousand Spectators': Shakespeare's Experiments With Emotion From Talbot To Richard II; Ruth Lunney 10. Emotional Education And Leadership In The Henriad; Martin Dawes 11. 'Say How I Loved You': Queering The Emotion Of Male Same-Sex Love In The Merchant Of Venice; Anthony Guy Patricia 12. Making A Virtue Of Giddiness: Rethinking Troilus' (E)Motion; Alison V. Scott 13. 'I Shall Split All / In Pleasure Of My Spleen!': Troilus And Cressida And The Expression Of Emotion; Ronald Bedford 14. Displacement: Maps And Emotions In Othello; Christopher Wortham 15. Lear In The Storm: Shakespeare's Emotional Exploration Of Sovereign Mortality; Jennifer Hamilton 16. 'Sociable' Tears In The Tempest; Heather Kerr PART III: EMOTIONAL LEGACIES AND RE-ENACTMENTS 17. Only Connect: Dramaturgy And A Living Shakespearl#B